William T. Jerome Library
at Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green State University's William T. Jerome Library is home to internationally renowned special collections including the Ray and Pat Browne Library for Popular Culture Studies and the Sound Recordings Archives.

The popular culture library, which houses more than 190,000 cataloged books, is one of the most comprehensive collections of American popular culture materials. Included in the library are popular fiction, late 19th - and 20th -century juvenile and young adult series fiction, and an extensive collection of popular entertainment and entertainment industry materials. Additionally, the collections have many rare hardcover and paperback books, literary manuscripts and nontraditional library resources such as dime novels, pulp magazines and fanzines. In 2003, the popular culture library was renamed in honor of the Brownes' contributions to the field of popular culture.

The Sound Recordings Archives is considered the nation's premier collection of popular music sound recordings. Established in 1967 for the scholarly study of popular music, the archives contains more than 700,000 recordings representing all styles of popular music and all recorded formats. Discographies, books and periodicals related to popular music and the recording industry are also included in this collection.

Both collections serve BGSU faculty, staff and students as well as researchers from around the world.